Starlight
From within a cage overflowing with tears
a voice calls.
I look out
my skin glowing in the darkness.
Starlight.
One word, scratched upon a sheet of paper.
Starlight.
I was not trapped in the cage.
It was my soul.
The ‘me’ that was within my mind.
Starlight.
My soul peers out between the iron bars.
It has no gender.
But it has a name.
Starlight.
My soul is featureless.
A vague form
neither male nor female
but something in between.
Starlight.
My true name echoes in my head.
Starlight.
Starlight!
I scream it into the void
and the iron bars shatter
leaving nothing but dust upon the floor
and my soul, finally free
with a name that feels right.
Astrid never fitted me anyway.
My name is Starlight.
And I am free.
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